The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best (Lead) Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winners 1980s YearWinnerFilmRole 1980 Gena Rowlands Gloria Gloria Swenson 1981 Marília Pêra Pixote (Pixote: a lei do mais fraco) Sueli 1982 Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice Sophie Zawistowski 1983 Rosanna Arquette Baby It's You Jill Rosen 1984 Judy Davis A Passage to India Adela Quested 1985 Geraldine Page The Trip to Bountiful Carrie Watts 1986 Chloe Webb Sid and Nancy Nancy Spungen 1987 Holly Hunter Broadcast News Jane Craig 1988 Melanie Griffith Working Girl Tess McGill 1989 Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy Daisy Werthan
1990s YearWinnerFilmRole 1990 Anjelica Huston The Grifters Lilly Dillon The Witches Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch 1991 Geena Davis Thelma & Louise Thelma Dickinson 1992 Emma Thompson Howards End Margaret "Meg" Schlegel 1993 Holly Hunter The Piano Ada McGrath 1994 Julianne Moore Vanya on 42nd Street Yelena 1995 Nicole Kidman To Die For Suzanne Stone Maretto 1996 Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies Cynthia Rose Purley 1997 Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove Kate Croy 1998 Samantha Morton Under the Skin Iris Kelly 1999 Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena
2000s YearWinnerFilmRole 2000 Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb 2001 Tilda Swinton The Deep End Margaret Hall 2002 Maggie Gyllenhaal Secretary Lee Holloway 2003 Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation Charlotte 2004 Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald 2005 Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line June Carter Cash 2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Queen Elizabeth II 2007 Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose (La môme) Édith Piaf 2008 Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky Pauline "Poppy" Cross 2009 Meryl Streep Julie & Julia Julia Child
2010s YearWinnerFilmRole 2010 Natalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen 2011 Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn'The Artist' Named Best Picture by Boston Film Critics|Retuters Marilyn Monroe 2012 Emmanuelle Riva Amour Anne Laurent 2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis 2014 Marion Cotillard The Immigrant Ewa Cybulska Two Days, One Night Sandra Bya 2015 Charlotte Rampling 45 Years Kate Mercer 2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc Things to Come Nathalie Chazeaux 2017 Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito 2018 Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel 2019 Saoirse Ronan Little Women Josephine "Jo" March
2020s YearWinnerFilmRole 2020 Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysThe Boston Society of Film Critics names its winners for 2020 - The Boston Globe Autumn Callahan 2021 Alana Haim Licorice Pizza Alana Kane 2022 Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn Wang 2023 Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon Mollie Kyle 2024 Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva 2025 Rose Byrne If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Linda
Multiple winners 2 wins Holly Hunter (1987, 1993) Hilary Swank (1999, 2004) Meryl Streep (1982, 2009) Marion Cotillard (2007, 2014) Sally Hawkins (2008, 2017)
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